Chapter 22 – The Evil Dragon Chases Away the Adventurers Who Came to the Boss Room 【Part 2】

In front of the boss room in the underground dungeon.

A massive evil dragon that one had to look up at was looking down on the adventurers.

The big brother and his underling stared at the Evil Dragon Karma Abyss with faces dyed completely pale from terror.

【Ah. Yeah. That helped.】

Still in her evil dragon form, Karma Abyss smiled fearlessly.

Sharp teeth like swords peeked out from her open mouth.

【The ones who came were humans like you.】

Good. If they had been decent adventurers, that child would surely have felt pain in his heart.

“W-what the hell is this thing… What the hell is this!?”

“B-bro! T-this dragon is bad news! I-it looks insanely strong!!!”

The adventurers screamed upon seeing Karma Abyss’s extremely menacing appearance.

At this moment, Karma Abyss felt grateful for her scary looks.

Because it allowed her to avoid unnecessary conflict and protect that child.

For the sake of protecting her son, even if people were afraid of her… she didn’t mind at all.

【Now then, you two are adventurers, correct?】

Karma Abyss said while looking down at the big brother and his underling, suppressing her emotions.

“Hiiieee!!”

“Gaaaaah!!!”

Just being spoken to by Karma Abyss made the adventurers’ legs give out.

She hadn’t done anything special.

It was simply that the skill she obtained from killing a god — the one that automatically intimidated others — had activated on its own.

And more than anything… the displeasure radiating from Karma Abyss’s body had turned into an aura that was pouring out from her entire being.

【I have my reasons for guarding this place. If you wish to enter this room, you must defeat me first.】

“T-there’s no way we can do that!!!”

“B-bro…! Let’s run! This thing is way too dangerous!!”

“I know that! Damn it, my legs… my legs won’t moveeeeeee!!!”

The adventurers trembled violently in terror and seemed unable to run even though they wanted to.

The Evil Dragon Karma Abyss looked at them and spoke.

【It is not my intention to kill you. If you choose to leave without entering the room, I will not lay a hand on you… What will it be?】

She could continue bathing them in her anger like this.

These insolent people who tried to steal her son’s achievement.

There was no need to hold back.

However, if she unleashed her anger directly, there was a risk she would kill them.

She had once killed monsters just by glaring at them seriously.

“W-we’re going home! We’re leaving!”

“We’ll leave this place right now, so please spare our lives! Just spare our lives pleaaaase!!!”

As the two prostrated themselves, Karma Abyss let out a sigh of relief.

【I see. Then I shall send you back to the surface.】

Karma Abyss looked up at the ceiling.

She wasn’t going to use Teleport.

She took a deep breath.

All the stress she had been holding in her chest — mainly her frustration at not being able to protect her son properly, and her helplessness at not being able to assist him — she exhaled it all.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Karma Abyss unleashed her Dragon Breath toward the ceiling.

The extremely high-temperature, high-powered breath easily smashed through the dungeon ceiling.

After all, this was a breath capable of destroying the moon. Breaking the dungeon’s walls and ceiling would be as easy as tearing paper.

Overwhelmed by the dragon’s breath right in front of them, the adventurers foamed at the mouth and collapsed.

Karma Abyss approached them, lightly pinched them with her claws, and tossed them.

Whoosh—!!!

The two flew toward the hole in the ceiling with tremendous force.

The adventurers turned into twinkling stars in the distance.

【I have cast a Barrier spell on you. It will completely negate the falling damage. You won’t die.】

Just in case, she used the monitoring system to check on them afterward.

Protected by the barrier, they fell from high in the sky down to the ground.

They left a crater as if a meteor had struck, but thanks to the barrier they were completely unharmed.

They had successfully returned to the surface alive.

Karma Abyss returned from her evil dragon form to her human appearance.

“Good. I’m glad. I managed to drive away the interlopers safely.”

Just as she finished this task…

Creak…

The sound of the door behind her groaning reached her ears.

“!”

Karma Abyss turned around.

Creak… creeeak…

The heavy door slowly opened.

On the other side stood her smiling son and his partner.

“Mom! We did it!”

“Sheila and I defeated it!!”

Karma Abyss broke into a bright, blooming smile.

She barely held back from collapsing on the spot.

Welcoming her sons, she said:

“Welcome back, both of you! You did soooo well!!!”